In my past life, I was buried alive! Reborn, I'll overturn the capital.

Chapter 17 I'll show you how it works

Jiang Luoyun's words of comfort and explanation were less valuable than nothing.

Now everyone knows that Jiang Chuchu knew the truth but pretended to be ignorant and even blamed Jiang Qingyue. She was being incredibly hypocritical.

"My God, is this the truth?"

"Miss Qingyue is so pitiful!"

"That's right, I get wronged every time."

"Keep your voice down, do you not want to work here anymore...?"

Several servants couldn't help but whisper among themselves, but because Jiang An and the others were present, they dared not say much. However, in their hearts, they felt even more contempt for Jiang Chuchu.

After all, it's one thing for a fake heiress to take everything the real heiress has, but she also frames the real heiress and does it all under the guise of doing it for her own good. She's utterly hypocritical.

Jiang Luoyun looked at the suddenly strange atmosphere in front of him and was a little confused. He hadn't realized that what he said had exposed Jiang Chuchu.

"Alright, enough of this noise. What kind of behavior is this?" Jiang An's face was quite unpleasant. He glared at Jiang Chuchu with displeasure. Although he was displeased, he wouldn't blame her for it; it was just playful banter between young girls.

He could only smooth things over, "Alright, it's just children playing around. Luo Yun is still a child, Qing Yue, you shouldn't take it to heart."

Just as Jiang Qingyue was about to speak, Jiang An spoke again, preparing to turn the tables. He was incapable of admitting his mistake.

"Besides, do you dare say you made no mistakes today? Look at your room, did you only realize this after all this? Couldn't you have cleaned it up? Look, you scared Chu Chu and the others. I think you did it on purpose."

Jiang An unreasonably blamed the problem on Jiang Qingyue again.

He was already furious with Jiang Qingyue for losing face at his birthday banquet, but he couldn't do anything about it because of the Empress Dowager and the Prince of Qin. However, he would never let Jiang Qingyue off easily, since it was all because of her.

Hearing Jiang An's unreasonable and self-righteous attitude, the servants were speechless.

Jiang Qingyue almost laughed out of anger. He was being unreasonable. "Father, have you forgotten that since I returned home, there hasn't been a single servant by my side? You yourself avoid poisonous insects and snakes on the ground, yet you expect your daughter, a weak woman, to clean them up without batting an eye?"

"Are you... are you arguing with your father?" Jiang An was somewhat exasperated.

What's going on? Why has she changed so much since she was sent away to reflect on her actions? She never dared to talk back to me before!

"To hold a grudge? Father, they were wronged, and you come to me to hold a grudge; I was wronged, and you tell me not to hold a grudge? Isn't that ridiculous?" Jiang Qingyue's eyes were filled with tears, yet she remained stubborn.

"Indeed, if I were to truly investigate this matter thoroughly, you would likely condemn me once again as someone who is petty and unreasonable. In any case, whatever I do is wrong, so today, I am determined to get to the bottom of this. What should Father do?"

As she spoke, Jiang Qingyue's voice became firm and resolute, as if she had made a tremendous decision. Since she was wrong either way, she might as well vent.

"You, you bastard, how could I have given birth to such a bastard!" Jiang An was so angry that his face turned red and his neck bulged.

“My mother gave birth to me, and it has nothing to do with you. Where were you when my mother had a difficult childbirth?” Jiang Qingyue retorted to Jiang An, leaving him speechless once again.

"Sister, how can you blame Father? It's all my fault. I'll do anything you want. Please don't blame Father. He's only doing this for your own good!" Although it didn't have the effect she had hoped for, Jiang Chuchu's reaction made her overjoyed.

That's how it is. From now on, Father and the others will only grow to hate Jiang Qingyue more and more.

"For my own good? Fine, since Father is doing this for my own good, then give me a different courtyard. Since you, Jiang Chuchu, say you'll do anything, then give me back the courtyard that Mother left me!"

Jiang Qingyue's words were like a huge stone that crashed down on us.

Jiang Chuchu never expected that Jiang Qingyue would also have her eye on her courtyard. No, this is hers, and she absolutely cannot give it to Jiang Qingyue.

"Sister, how could you do this? That's my yard, the yard where I've lived for so many years. If I move out, where will I live? Sister, how could you be so heartless!"

"Your courtyard? That was left to me by my mother. Who do you think you are? Just because you've lived there for years, does that mean it's yours? Jiang Chuchu, have you no shame?" Jiang Qingyue decided to take drastic measures.

She was fed up with Jiang Chuchu's affected manner all the time. Anyway, she would take the courtyard back sooner or later, so bringing it up in person now would only make Jiang Chuchu more anxious.

When cornered, Jiang Chuchu will surely resort to other means, and that will be my opportunity.

"Shut up, all of you! Jiang Qingyue, you're so materialistic. We're all family, why are you being so formal? You've lived in much worse houses than this for so many years, why can't you stay in the Prime Minister's residence now?"

"Don't forget, without the Prime Minister's residence, you are nothing! You have everything, but if she leaves, she'll be an orphan. How could you be so heartless? You just stay here and reflect on your actions!"

After saying that, Jiang An no longer cared about Jiang Qingyue's current situation and left with a flick of his sleeve.

Jiang Luoyu glanced at Jiang Qingyue with disappointment. "If Luo Yun is wrong, I can apologize to you on his behalf. However, your behavior today has really gone too far."

It's just a small courtyard, look how heartbroken Chu Chu is! She's always thinking of you, how can you be so ungrateful?

With that, Jiang Luoyu shook her head, comforted Jiang Chuchu, and left.

The servants looked at each other, unsure what to do. As servants, they were supposed to help their young mistress tidy up; in other words, their compassion made them want to lend a hand, but…

Jiang Qingyue understood their thoughts, so she didn't make things difficult for them. Instead, she smiled at them and said, "It's alright, you can go now."

The smile looked gentle, but the forced smile and disappointment it revealed left the servants feeling uneasy.

Jiang Qingyue covered her nose, picked up a broom, and slowly approached the house. However, just as she stepped inside and was about to start sweeping, she suddenly threw down the broom, covered her mouth, and rushed out, leaning against a pillar and retching, her face pale.

Patting her chest to calm herself down, Jiang Qingyue went back inside with a pale face, and soon the same scene repeated itself.

"I can't take it anymore! This is inhuman! I'd rather be kicked out!" One of the hot-blooded young servants couldn't hold back any longer and stepped forward to take the tools from Jiang Qingyue's hands. "Miss, let me do it."

Once one person stepped forward, another followed. The remaining few tried to stop them but couldn't, fearing trouble, so they turned and ran away.

Jiang Luoyun still couldn't understand how things had turned out this way. He wanted to leave, but hesitated and glanced at Jiang Qingyue, only to see her looking at him with a smirk on her face, her expression pale...

"A ghost!" Jiang Luoyun scrambled away again...